Sanitary display package construction



Dec. 17 1940. LINEHJEYv 2,225,226)

SANITARY DISPLAY PACKAGE CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 2'7, 1938 ATTORNEY 5.

Patented Dec. 17, 1940 UNITED. STATES SANITARY DISPLAY PACKAGECONSTRUCTION Harry H. Lindley, Marion,

Lindley Box- & Paper corporation Ind., assignor to Company, Marion,lnd., a

Applica'tionJanuary 2'7, 1938, Serial N 0. 187,115

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sanitary display package.

The chief object of this invention is to package an article or series ofnested articles so that the upper surface of the article or the uppersurface of the uppermost nested articles is sanitarily exposed and theside edge of the article, or side edges of the nested series ofarticles, is protected against damage and the like.

The chief feature of the invention consists in covering with atransparent or translucent material the top of an article or series ofnested articles and extending this covering material downwardly so as toprotectively cover at least the uppermost side wall portion or side wallportions of the article or nested series of articles, respectively, andto retain the covering material in protective relation by means of anotchedor slotted band which frictionally retains between it and theside wall of the article, or nested series of articles, the saidcovering material and which in connection with the packaging of a seriesof nested articles, is arranged to constitute the sole retaining meansfor retention of the articles in nested relation.

To obtain a more attractive appearance and. to

secure additional strength, the slotted band may be reeniorced by anexterior band portion.

Another feature of the invention, therefore, resides in the specificformation of a pasteboard band formed from a strip of pasteboard andhalf the width of the strip one half including the slotted portionthereof, the other half constituting the outer and exposed finishedportion thereof, the ends of the band being suitably secured together inband or ring formation.

The use of card board material commonly known as pasteboard, insuressufiicient strength in the completed band and at the same time providesfor fiexibilityvso that the band can be readily made to conform to theexact outline of the article or nested series of articles with which theband is associated.

Furthermore, the pasteboard material permits the bands to be fabricatedto a predetermined length of perimeter as desired or required, collapsedinto flat relation and shipped flat.

Various other objects and features of the invention will be pointed outmore fully hereinafter.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawing and the following description and claim:

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is "an enlarged vertical section'through a group of nestedarticles associated with a sheetv of covering material and theassociated band for retaining the articles in nested relation and thecovering material in position.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrates the several beforementioned elements at the Fig. 8 is an elevational View of a pluralityof bands showing the completed bands arranged in flattened andsuperposed relation and illus trating the packing method of shipment.

In Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawing, to indicates the baseportion of an article having an outwardly and upwardly directed sidewall portion H and an outer edge I2. The side wall portion in thepresent example, is fluted as at l3 and the edge, as a result of saidfiuting, has a scalloped effect, although generally of circular outline.Edge I2 may be of rim type.

A sheet'of' covering material l4 has a de-- pending side wall or sideedge protecting portion l5 and a lower free edge portion It. The

covering material [4 overlies the upper surface of the uppermost articleof the series of nested articles illustrated-seeparticularly Figs. 2 and3and the portion l5 of the covering protects the side edges thereof.This covering material may be a transparent or translucent cellulosesheet, relatively tough, yet flexible. It may be of any desired gauge orthickness and it may be of acetate character in place of cellulosecharacter. One commercial form of said sheeting of the cellulose type iscommonly known as Cellophane.

A band ll peripherally envelopes the series of nested articles and theinterposed covering material side wall portion l5 as well as therelatively free bottom portion l6. As shown in Fig. 2 the bandfrictionally engages the aforesaid. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the bandportion H is provided with slots l8 of considerable length andappreciable height and the edges of the articles and. the side wallportion of the covering extends or seats in these notches or slots l8and in this manner the series of articles are retained together as acomposite unit and'the same and the covering are locked together. Asindicated by the dimension line and the letter a, in Fig. 2,

fied forms of bands and in these several views,

these forms differ only by the shape of the notch or slot. In thesefigures, numerals of the H10,

200 and 3% series, respectively, indicate 'like,'

similar or equivalent parts with reference to the numerals utilized inthe modification illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 shows the notches orslots of triangular formation. Fig. 6 shows the notches or slots ofrectangular form. Fig. 7 shows the notches or slots of circularformation. It is obvious that the notches or slots may be ofelongated-elliptical character-and the major axis of the ellipse mayhave either vertical or horizontal positioning, as desired. Againreferring to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, it will be observed the ends ofthe band ([9 and 2B) are united together by suitable means, as forexample, by wire staples 2| having inturned ends 22.

For appearance purposes, reenforcement and the like, an outer portion 23is provided on the band and this is unperforated and is suitably unitedto the inner or looking portion of the band in any suitable manner. Inthe present form, such connection is effected by the portion 24.

It will be perfectly obvious, therefore, that the band which is thus ofdual character, may be formed from a single strip of material of thedesired width and desired length when the strip is folded longitudinallyand medianly as at 24 providing the outer portion of the band and theinner portion of the band 23 and II, respectively. The outer portion ofthe band at one end is suitably reduced as at 25 at the top and thebottom and the inner portion of the band is removed. This provides ananchoring tongue portion 26 which may have tapered ends 21 forfacilitating insertion of this tongue between the inner and outer bandportions at the opposite end of the strip when the strip is to besecured by the staples in band formation.

The bands after being secured in band forma tion may be folded-see Fig.8-as at 28 and may be stacked one upon the other as shown in Fig. 8 anda plurality of stacks arranged side by side so that a relativelylarge-number of collapsed bands may be packaged in a relatively smallvolume for shipment to the ultimate user of the band, to-wit, themanufacturer selling the articles-shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive.

The desired number of articles is arranged in nested relation, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3, the sheet of covering material applied thereover incentralized relation, and then the side wall portion of the coveringmaterial is pressed downwardly and following such depression orsimultaneously therewith, the collapsed band after having been openedinto band formation, is fitted around the upper edge of the coveredarticle or articles, and forced downwardly until the edges of thearticles together with the side wall portion of the covering materialseat in the notches or slots.

It will be apparent if the height of the band is substantially that ofthe height of the package articles, that downward movement is limited bythe lower dual edge of the band engaging the support upon which thearticles are supported. It will also be apparent the portion 24 presentsa finished, unroughened top edge on the band.

While the invention has been described in great detail and similarlyillustrated in the drawing, the said description and drawing are to beconsidered illustrative and not restrictive in character.

The several modifications illustrated and/or described herein, as wellas others which will readily suggest themselves to persons skilled inthis art, are all considered to be within the broad scope of theinvention, reference being had to'the appended claim.

The invention claimed is:

A retaining band formed from an elongated strip of paper board andmedianly and longitudinally folded to form an inner layer and an outerlayer and providing at one end therebetween a tongue receiving groove,one of the layers at the other end being shorter than the other, thelonger. layer forming a tongue nestable in the groove, and meansanchoring said strip in the groove to form a band from the strip.

HARRY H. LINDLEY.

